Episodes

The 100+ Accelerator gives startups $100k and access to the biggest FMCG brands in the world: Coca-Cola, Unilever, ABinBev and Colgate-PalmOlive. Today I talk to 100+ and Chanzi, one of their investments. Andrew Wallace, co-f...

Amelia Hopkins Phillips is the Founder & CEO of Somo Africa. Somo Africa is an early stage entrepreneur accelerator based in Kenya helping entrepreneurs get training, get funding and sell their products. Really the whole thin...

Kenneth Kou is the Crypto Lead at Mercy Corps Ventures. They have recently launched the Crypto For Good Fund to deploy $1M to 10 startups building crypto solutions for financial inclusion in emerging markets. Learn more about...

Matt Bonds is co-founder of Pivot Health, a primary healthcare provider in Madagascar. He previously worked for Partners In Health in Rwanda for 5 years. Maria Franco is Director of Programs at Mulago Foundation, which means ...

Wendy Atieno and Lis Mullin Bernhardt run the Ecosystem-based Adaptation Fund for the conservation, management and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves or coral reefs. They have calls for proposals about on...

Today we talk about Ecosystem-based Adaptation. This is the conservation, management and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves or coral reefs. Global EbA Fund is looking for catalytic solutions. The next dea...

Tim Radjy is the Founder and Managing Partner at AlphaMundi. Incredible to speak with him. They have investments and grant throughout the developing world and have been doing this work for over 10 years and have invested in c...

If you liked this podcast please subscribe here: https://www.wishesgranted.media/p/newsletter/ Sara Eckhouse , executive director of Foodshot, a platform to fund and launch MoonShots for Better Food. With the $525,000 Ground...

TL;DR. Your donation page has WAY too much friction. Tim Kachuriak is the founder of NextAfter, a fundraising research consulting firm. Their research approach is unlike anything I’ve seen in non-profit fundraising. He analyz...

D-Prize is a grant of $10,000 to $20,000 for businesses that are pre-revenue or early revenue stage. They have two calls for proposals each year and are especially looking to fund local founders. They are specifically interes...

Yusuf Nessary is the founder and director of philanthropy of Built with Bitcoin. What is Built with Bitcoin? Just like it sounds, they accept donations in Bitcoin and build infrastructure in Afghanistan. Kenya, Nigeria, like ...

Nikoline Arns is one of the co-Founders of the crypto start-up DoinGud. DoinGud ( https://doingud.com/ ) is a platform, Marketplace, and community for creators to come together and Build art collaboratively and then sell it ...

Mark Ireland is the Team Leader of Enterprise Zambia Challenge Fund. This is the second round of funds he has managed at Self Help Africa. He previously raised the capital for and managed Agrifi Kenya. Enterprise Zambia Chall...

Luni Libes, founder of Africa Eats, is a serial entrepreneur, or, actually, a Parallel Entrepreneur, currently running about 5 companies that help social enterprises. He started and sold several tech startups before moving in...

Amanda Gant manages The Land Accelerator, a mini business school for land regeneration startups in Africa, Latin America and South Asia. They are looking for companies that are past the idea stage and have at least some kind ...

Mieke Marple is an NFT artist. What is an NFT you ask? Let me explain: an NFT is a new way to create a contract using a blockchain such as ethereum. If the terms NFT or blockchain or ethereum or …

Today I talk with Gav Landau the co- founder of Charm Impact, an organization that funds green energy companies in Africa with debt capital at 6% to 10% interest. They fund projects between £10,000 and £250,000 with the first...

Green People's Energy is a GIZ program, which provides grant financing up to €200,000. They focus on Green Energy Solutions (think: solar-powered milk chilling or Solar Home Systems). They focus on projects in the countries o...

AgDevCo makes million dollar plus investments in agriculture value chain companies in Africa. Apply to work with them at https://www.agdevco.com/our-approach/investment-criteria.html ---- Record an audio comment at: wishesgra...

EnAccess funds Open Source projects in the energy space in developing countries between $50,000 and $250,000. They've funded companies like Solaris, Devergy and ANKA Madagascar. They are like a grantor but a little different;...

I talk with Elke Briers who manages the KBF Business Partnership Facility. Should you apply? Here are the basic requirements: 1 year of financial statements, 50% cofinancing required, €50,000- €200,000 in funding, 5-10 awards...

When you won a grant it was so exciting, right? But then, after a few weeks of back and forth by email, you were summoned to the grantors office to sign the contract. The Grant Manager was too busy so …